Fred Bodsworth

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

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| name = Charles Frederick Bodsworth

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|10|11}}

| birth_place = Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|09|15|1918|10|11}}

| death_place = Scarborough General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/fred-bodsworth-obituary?id=44021820 |title=Fred BODSWORTH Obituary (2012): Toronto Star |publisher = Legacy.com |date = September 15, 2012 |access-date = March 21, 2024}}

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• Writer
• Journalist
• Naturalist

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| known_for = Writing Last of the Curlews

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Charles Frederick "Fred" Bodsworth (October 11, 1918{{cite news |url=http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2012/09/21/fred-bodsworth-wrote-last-of-the-curlews |title=Fred Bodsworth wrote Last of the Curlews |newspaper= St. Thomas Times-Journal |date=September 21, 2012 |accessdate=2012-09-22}} – September 15, 2012) was a Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist.

Born in Port Burwell, Ontario,{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1260411--obituary-fred-bodsworth-author-of-last-of-the-curlews-93 |title=Obituary: Fred Bodsworth, author of Last of the Curlews, 93 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=September 21, 2012 |accessdate=2012-09-22}} Bodsworth worked as a journalist for the St. Thomas Times-Journal, The Toronto Star, and Maclean's, where he also served as assistant editor. From 1964 to 1967, he was president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists.{{cite web |url=http://www.mcclelland.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=2667 |title=Fred Bodsworth |publisher=McClelland |accessdate=2012-09-22}} Bodsworth received the Matt Cohen Prize in 2002 for his writing.{{cite web |url=http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/Matt-Cohen-Award--In-Celebration-of-a-Writing-Life/Prize-History.aspx |title=Matt Cohen Award |publisher=Writers' Trust of Canada |accessdate=2012-09-22}} He died at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

Bodsworth was predeceased by his wife Margaret Banner.

The Port Burwell branch of the Elgin County Library was renamed in his honour in 2005.